GrantedInfrastructureDecided 19 September 2023

Seamus Quirke Road, Rahoon Road, Galway

Construction of a large primary care centre, a Tusla building, and an ambulance deployment building.

22322 · Galway City Council · Lodged 12 December 2022

Reference: 22322
Authority: Galway City Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 12 December 2022

Summary

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This application proposes a major healthcare development consisting of a primary care centre up to nine storeys tall with a pharmacy and café, a four-storey Tusla building, and a single-storey ambulance deployment building. The project includes a basement with 123 car parking spaces, solar panels, and associated access roads.

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Storeys: 9
Floor area: 11,680 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development which consists of - the provision of a primary care centre (6-9 no. Stories over basement - gross floor area: 9,076sqm) with pharmacy retail unit (gross floor area 125sqm) and café unit (gross floor area 114sqm) at ground floor level. - the provision of a tusla building (4 no. Stories over basement) (gross floor area; 2,400 sqm) - the provision of a single storey ambulance service deployment building (gross floor area;65sqm) - the provision of a basement and entrance/exit ramp with 123 no. Car parking spaces (including 5 no. Accessible spaces) and the provision of 2 no. Accessible car parking spaces and 3 no. Ambulance bays at ground level - the provision of 220 no. Bicycle parking bays across ground and basement level - the provision of roof mounted solar pv panels and plant enclosure - the provision of an esb substation and lv (low voltage) switchroom - the provision of new access road as well as internal access roads, set-down areas and surface level accessible parking - the provision of signage , landscaping and boundary treatments and all other associated site development works and services necessary to facilitate the proposed development. A natura impact statement is being prepared as part of this planning application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Enterprise Light Industry and CommercialSI

“To provide for light industry and commercial uses other than those reserved in the CC zone”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the Galway City Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (2023–2029). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
22 Davis Rd, Shantalla, Galway	Dec 2025	€396,000	211 m
Roma 2, Oakley Crescent, Highfield Park	Oct 2025	€490,000	215 m
5 New Avenue Wood, Shantalla, Galway	Jun 2025	€430,000	216 m
8 Rahoon Rd, Shantalla, Galway	Aug 2025	€397,000	233 m
18 Rockmount Rd, Highfield Park, Galway	Apr 2025	€492,500	308 m
30 Maunsells Park, Galway, Galway	May 2026	€750,000	329 m
187 Gleann Dara, Bishop Odonnell Rd, Galway	Feb 2025	€315,000	331 m
37 Colmcille Road, Shantalla, Galway	Nov 2025	€400,000	367 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received12 December 2022
Further information requested13 February 2023
Further information received10 August 2023
Decision due24 September 2023
Decision issued19 September 2023
Appeal submitted9 October 2023
Appeal decided12 November 2024

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